{"id":7520,"date":"2026-10-24T19:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T19:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2026-10-24T19:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T19:28:22","slug":"galamay-scores-five-touchdowns-for-mtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7520","title":{"rendered":"Galamay scores five touchdowns for M’town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Junior running back returns from injury to lead Mustangs past Lower Lake 47-8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LOWER LAKE >> If there were any lingering concerns over the health of Middletown High School junior running back Tyler Galamay heading into Friday\u2019s North Central League I South varsity football game at Lower Lake, there aren\u2019t any more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galamay, who missed most of Middletown\u2019s 29-28 South loss to Stuart Hall a week earlier because of a hip injury, rushed for 129s yards and five touchdowns in a 47-8 win over Lower Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limited in practice all week as a precautionary move, Galamay carried the ball 16 times and also caught one pass. He started on defense and assumed his holding duties for kicker Jamisen Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe told him to pull himself out if he felt anything (bad),\u201d said Middletown head coach Kurtis Woodard, who said the plan was to use him only as much as Galamay felt comfortable with, perhaps only on offense and as a holder, defense being optional if the junior didn\u2019t feel up to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we went out for pregame warmups, he was fine,\u201d Woodard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower Lake (0-3 South, 1-6 overall) won\u2019t argue with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galamay ran for a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter and added TD runs in the second, third and fourth quarters. His longest run of the night was 21 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Mustangs were able to score 14 points in each of the first two quarters for a 28-0 halftime lead, Woodard said Middletown wasn\u2019t able to integrate its passing game into the offense as much as he had hoped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to get the passing game back on track (after passing for no yards against Stuart Hall) and it didn\u2019t happen,\u201d Woodard said. \u201cSometimes we beat ourselves with our own decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The running game was a different story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be stopped,\u201d Woodard said. \u201cWhen that happens, it\u2019s an absolutely beautiful thing to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony Russell\u2019s 5-yard run in the third quarter followed by a Brody Shields conversion pass to Tucker Benson got Lower Lake on the board in the third quarter, which ended with a Galamay 8-yard touchdown run with no time left on the clock and a 35-8 Middletown lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Finney and Esteban Muniz also had touchdown runs for the Mustangs. Finney finished with 94 yards rushing and 49 yards receiving. Jackson went 4-for-6 passing for 95 yards and one interception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Woodard said the Mustangs (2-1, 6-2) get everything they wanted out of the win, there were several solid performances, beginning with the entire offensive line. Besides Galamay, individual standouts included Finney and Luke Mace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFinney had a good night on defense,\u201d Woodard said of the junior outside linebacker who finished with five solo tackles and six assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamisen intercepted a pass and Mace recovered a fumble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown faces a huge South game next Friday in Cloverdale against the Eagles (2-0, 7-1), winners of seven straight. Cloverdale beat St. Helena 35-32 in a back-and-forth thriller Friday night in Cloverdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower Lake is on the road next Friday to play Upper Lake (2-6) in NCL I interlock action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood for Cloverdale,\u201d Woodard said. \u201cThey\u2019ve had it tough the last couple of years. We\u2019re looking forward to a good game with them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Junior running back returns from injury to lead Mustangs past Lower Lake 47-8 Lake County Sports on Facebook LOWER LAKE >> If there were any lingering concerns over the health of Middletown High School junior running back Tyler Galamay heading into Friday\u2019s North Central League I South varsity football game at Lower Lake, there aren\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,26,18,19,144,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7521,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520\/revisions\/7521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}